Articles Tagged with george floyd

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President Donald Trump’s advisors said in a meeting with El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele on Monday that the US did not have the authority to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident who was wrongly deported to El Salvador. Attorney General Pam Bondi stated the US Supreme Court order requiring the Trump administration to “facilitate” [...]

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The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) expressed on Tuesday grave concern over the continued loss of civilian life in Lebanon. The country is facing ongoing Israeli military operations, with the UN human rights office saying the strikes may constitute violations of international humanitarian law. Central to this are the [...]

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A legal advocacy group filed a lawsuit with the US Court of International Trade on Monday to block President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on foreign trading partners, arguing that the president overstepped his authority. Advocacy group Liberty Justice Center is representing five companies that purchase and import goods from countries that are being directly affected by [...]

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Dean Molyneaux / Omagh Bomb Memorial

The government of Ireland formally agreed to allow relevant material, including reports and intelligence, to be shared with the Omagh Bombing Inquiry in order to support the Inquiry’s findings and investigations. The conditions are set out in a Memorandum of Understanding Between Omagh Bombing Inquiry and Government of Ireland relating to the Disclosure of Materials [...]

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A federal judge on Tuesday granted a motion that placed a temporary restraining order on President Trump’s executive order targeting law firm Susman Godfrey, halting the administration’s efforts to block the federal government from doing business with the firm. The court order came one day after Susman Godfrey filed to enjoin the executive action. In [...]

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A US federal judge in Massachusetts on Monday blocked an order issued by the Trump Administration that sought to revoke the legal status and work permits of nearly 500,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Issued March 25 by the Department of Homeland Security, the Trump order intended to shut down a program instated [...]

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Kyrgyzstan detained the prominent Kyrgyz human rights defender, Rita Karasartova without formal charges on Monday. Amnesty International denounced the detention as an “alarming sign of deepening repression.” Human rights activist Gul’shaiyr Abdirasulova and local media reported that the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Chui region arrested and questioned Karasartova after conducting a search at her [...]

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The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that the Netherlands violated Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which guarantees the right to respect for private and family life, in a case involving the long-term separation of a mother from her daughter following the mother’s loss of parental authority. The case [...]

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Amnesty International condemned the authorities in Sudan and the international community on Tuesday for their inaction or involvement in exacerbating the country’ ongoing conflict, which began in 2023 and has resulted in devastating humanitarian consequences for the population. Erika Guevara Rosas, Amnesty International’s senior director for research and advocacy, stated: “The people of Sudan urgently need [...]

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Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch on Tuesday urged the European Union to demand that Bhutanese authorities release dozens of political prisoners held for decades. The rights groups said the detainees have been deprived of multiple fundamental rights and held in inhumane conditions. According to Amnesty, most of the detainees have been detained in connection [...]

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